Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 29 February 2000
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737
Owner/operator: China Southwest Airlines
Location: Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC) –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A domestic flight from Nanchang to Fuzhou was interrupted by a hijacker who removed a bottle of gasoline, a cigarette lighter, and a knife. He demanded a flight to Taiwan, citing dissatisfaction with his supervisors at the Agricultural Technical Department. Security officers apprehended the hijacker and the aircraft landed safely at Fuzhou Airport.A domestic flight from Nanchang to Fuzhou was interrupted by a hijacker who removed a bottle of gasoline, a cigarette lighter, and a knife. He demanded a flight to Taiwan, citing dissatisfaction with his supervisors at the Agricultural Technical Department. Security officers apprehended the hijacker and the aircraft landed safely at Fuzhou Airport.
Description
During the descent for Fuzhou (FOC), during a domestic flight from Nanchang (KHN), a man pulled out a bottle of gasoline, a cigarette lighter and a knife. He demanded that the aircraft be flown to Taiwan. Chinese security officers overpowered the hijacker and the plane landed safely at Fuzhou Airport. It appeared that the hijacker felt slighted by his supervisors at the Agricultural Technical Department and believed that Taiwan would be a better place to work.
Primary Cause
Hijacking of a domestic flight.Hijacking of a domestic flight.Share on:
